With the state in the financial tank, unemployment growing, and businesses leaving the state, our esteemed legislature has once again put it’s time to good use by coming up with a law (SB 432). It requires the use of a fitted sheet, instead of a flat sheet, as the bottom sheet on all beds in hotels and motels.

Joe Crosslin

Pleasanton

Presidential rankings

A recent letter writer claimed that Bill Clinton was one of the worst presidents of the 20th Century.

According to the results of a recent survey of 238 presidential scholars conducted by the Sienna College Research Institute in New York, Bill Clinton ranks number 13 among the best American presidents, in the company of such illustrious statesmen as Andrew Jackson (14), Barack Obama (15), Lyndon Johnson (16), John Adams (17) and Ronald Reagan (18). Richard Nixon came in at an unimpressive 30 out of the 43 who were rated, with Jimmy Carter close behind at 32. George W. Bush is ranked at an appalling 39th place.

Phil Krapf

San Ramon

A good deal

Regarding Tammerlin Drummond’s article on the Viewpoints page, Sept. 18., sounds like the minor involved got a good deal from the prosecution. After numerous incidents of harassing the store owner, and refusing to stay away from his business, smashing his head against display case, beating this older man, the store owner could have pulled a gun on the youngster.

There would have been a different story then. . .will the youngster learn from his mistake?